Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Last week I was busy apply the final varnish on the 16 of the 21 oil paintings from"Portraits of American Veterans Project". I will deliver them to the National Veterans Art Museum where they will be packed, crated and shipped to Fairfield, Connecticut for a three month long solo show at the GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery. The GE exhibit is the first time for the paintings to travel outside the Chicago area. I am so excited that my work will reach a new audience and the wonderful stories of the veterans who are part of the Project will reach across the country. These veterans represent the best of what American can be and I'm honored to represent them through my art.

I've been working with Valerie Cooper of Picture That L.L.C. whose professionalism and patience have helped me to pull all of the complex elements of this ground breaking exhibit together. Take a look at the GE Cultural Fine Art Gallery to learn more about Picture That, L.L.C.: Promoting Cultural Awareness.

On Tuesday November 13 I will board a flight from O'Hare International Airport and fly to Laguardia Airport in N.Y. en route to the GE Corporate offices for a personal tour of the facility followed by an artist reception, veterans roundtable discussion and I will present a power point presentation and discussion about my work and Portraits of American Veterans Project. To say I am excited would be and understatement. I will then fly back to Chicago on Wednesday November 14 after and night stay in a Marriot Hotel.,,,,,All I can say is THANK YOU to GE and everyone who has taken part in the Portrait Project over the past three and half years.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

"Water Reflection II" oil on canvas 24"X 18" is my interpretation of the fountain and figures as they twist and move in the sparkling reflective water's surface. This painting is part of my new body of work that reveals my love for the beautiful qualities of the fluid surfaces. I will exhibit for the month of October with a group of fellow artists and friends in a lovely gallery on Chicago's west side. Details are below:

About Me

Greetings and welcome. I want to share with you my lifelong passion for art, art education, art history and most of all painting. Visitors entering my studio will find paintings and mixed media works in various stages of progress. I am always thinking and writing about my work with a strong emphasis on connecting ideas and experiences of everyday life. My work is continuously nourished through interests and activly engaging in the world through exploring history, literature, music, worldwide travels, and the vastness of human creativity throughout time.
I hold a Bachelors of Art in Art Education from University of Florida and a Masters of Art in Art Education from University of Illinois and have continued my education throughout my life. As a professional artist and teacher, the best of both worlds come together in my art and my teaching.

"Portraits of American Veterans Project" 2011

The "Portraits of American Veterans Project" has exhibited regionally and nationally. This is the stunning Sage Gallery locate in the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake. The portraits require a large galllery and the Sage is perfect for showing each painting and each Veteran's story at their best. The "Portraits of American Veterans Project" has also exhibited at Northern Trust Bank in Chicago, GE Diversity Fine Art Gallery in Fairfield Conn. and other venues in the Chicago area.